Napkin-ring



.l. ERDOES AND E. SAS.

' NAPKIN RING. APPLICATION FILED JULY 18, 1919.

1,339,180. Pawnwa may 4,1920.

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INVENTOHS J. ERDOES AND E. SAS- NAPKIN RING.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 18, 1 9I9.

1,339, 180. Patented May 4, 1920.

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M /J Z/ 2/ //,f I r 4 INVENTORJ man E UNITED STATES OFFICE. JULIUS ERDOES AND ELMER sAs, on New YORK, Y., nssreivons 'ro TI-IE METALLO- GRAPH CORPORATION, on NEW ronx, N. Y., A CORPORATION on NEW YORK.

NAPKIN-RING.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Application filed July 18, 1919. Serial No. 311,792.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JULIUS ERDons and ELMER SAs, citizens of the United States and Hungary, respectively, and residents of New York, in the county of Bronx and New York, respectively, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Napkin-Rings, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to napkinrings, that is to say to rings for holding table-napkins, when not in use.

The main object of the invention is to produce a napkin-ring, that is provided with a tag-holder, the latter forming part of the body of the ring, thereby not interfering with the proper operation of the ring.

Another object of the invention is to provide a napkin-ring of the character mentioned, whereinthe tag-holder serves at the same time to keep the ends of the body portion of the ring in operative relation to each other.

A further object of the invention s to devise a ring of the character specified, which is simple in construction, efiicient In operation, and which can be manufactured on a commercial scale or, in other words,

one which is not so difficult to produce as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such a contrivance.

With these and other objects inview, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which'i- Figure 1 is a plan view of a napkin-ring, constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is an elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a portion of the ring and the tag-holder in position thereon, on a larger scale; Fig. & is a section taken on line 1'4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 55 of Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is a front elevation, on a larger scale, of that portion of the ring body which receives the tag-holder; 1 Fig. 7 is a section taken on line 77 of Fig. 6; Fig. 8 is a front elevation, on a larger scale, of one element of the tag-holder; and Fig. 9 is a section taken on line 9-9 of Fig. 8.

The napkin-ring, shown in the drawings, consists, generally speaking, of a body portion 10 and a tag-holder 11. The ring may have any suitable shape, as usual in constructions of this type, in the case illustrated it being of oblong configuration, the spaced ends 12 of its body portion being connected by the tag-holder. The ring is made, preferably, of metal by stamping operation.

Adjacent each body end, there is formed thereon a substantially U-shaped extension 13, that is spaced from the respective end and extends in parallel relation thereto, as clearly appears from the several figures of the drawings. These extensions are, preferably, made integral with the body 10 by stamping and then bent out of the plane of the said body. The bases 14; of the U-shaped extensions are disposed parallel to each other, they running in parallel relation to the axis of the ring.

Between the body ends 12 and the extensions 13 is disposed the tag-holder 11, the

latter comprising a back plate 15 and a front plate 16. These plates are of equal size and of oblong configuration, their heights corresponding substantially to the height of the body portion of the rin and their lengths being such as to comp etely fill the space between the outwardly projecting inner ends 17 of the extensions 13. The back plate is preferably unbroken, While the front plate is provided with an opening 18, through which the label. 19, bearing an inscription 20, appears, the said label being interposed between the said two plates. The front plate 16 is provided with two parallel, outwardly extending projections 21, which are adapted to engage with the inner edges 22 of the bases 14 of the extensions 13. The projections 21 are made, preferably, integral with the front plate 16, they being formed by stamping.

The operation of this device is as follows :In assembling the ring, first the front plate 16 is inserted between the body Patented May 4, 1920.

ends 12 and the outwardly projecting extensions 13 thereon. The back plate and label are then placed into positions, forcing the front plate outward, so thatthe projections 21 thereon are caused to bear against the inner edges 22 of the bases 14 of the said extensions. The front and back plates prevent thus the body ends 12 from approaching one another, the projections 21, on the other hand, preventing a separation of the saidends, as the folded :table napkin is inserted into the ring. The tagholder has thuswa two-fold function, to wit: It serves, first, as the means 'for keeping the label in position on the ring, and, second, as the means for preventing .a movement of the body ends .12 both toward and away from each other.

,It is obvious that, while ;herein a particular tag-holder hasbeendescribed and a specific means has been disclosed for holding the same in position upon the ring, other constructions ;may. just vas .well be employed without departing from the invention, which lies mainly in the provision of atag-holder that forms part of the ring, it being insertible and removable, at will.

The construction herein described is particularly :useful in view of the factthat the napkin-rings are usually provided with decorations while in flat strip :form. They are then bent into ring shape. If the ring ends were tobe united by solder,the soldering or other uniting operation might seriously interfere with the decorations on the ring. By providing a tag-holder of the type indicated, theuniting-operation is done away with, the said tag-holder constituting holder detachably ,mounted between said;eX-'

tensions {and said body ends.

2. A napkin-ring, comprising a body ,portion having spaced ends provided with :outwardly iprojecting substantially U -shaped extensions, said .rextensions being spaced from said ends :and running in parallel 51'6- lation thereto, .and a tag-hojlder :fitting vbetween said extensions .-and body sends, said tag-holder comprising a back plate abut-ting againstsaid body ends and the extensions thereon, and a vfront .plate having projectionsiengaging opposite edges of said extensions. V

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and :State of New ,York, this 14th day of July,.A. D. 1919.

JULIUS ERDOES. ELM'ER :SA-S. 

